Amanda Capital - Company Announcement

AMANDA CAPITAL PLC SHARE ISSUE AND CLOSING OF THE COMBINATION AGREEMENT

AMANDA CAPITAL PLC                                              STOCK EXCHANGE
RELEASE 

March 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM



AMANDA CAPITAL PLC SHARE ISSUE AND CLOSING OF THE COMBINATION AGREEMENT

Amanda Capital Plc's (hereafter also the ”Company”) board of directors has on
March 16, 2011 by virtue of share issue authorization issued for subscription
total of 10 302 605 new shares to shareholders of Advium Corporate Finance Oy:n
(”Advium”), shareholders of eQ Asset Management Group Oy (”eQ AMG”) and holders
of a convertible bond of eQ AMG (as borrower) in accordance with the
combination agreement signed by and between the Company and the said parties on
December 21, 2010. The shares have been subscribed in ful and the respective
parties have also simultaneously executed the other actions described in the
combination agreement. 

As a result of the execution of the share issue and the closing of the
combination agreement the Company has become the sole shareholder of Advium and
eQ AMG. 

The total amount of shares of the Company after subscription and registration
of the Shares is 33 070 351. The Shares issued to the shareholders of Advium
represent 25.71 % of the shares and votes of the Company prior to the execution
of the share issue (17.70 % of the shares and votes of the Company after the
execution of the share issue). The Shares issued to the shareholders of eQ AMG
and holders of the convertible bond of eQ AMG represent 19.54 % of the shares
and votes of the Company prior to the execution of the share issue (13.45 % of
the of the shares and votes of the Company after the execution of the share
issue). The total amount of the Shares issued in the share issue represent
45.25 % of the shares and votes of the Company prior to the execution of the
share issue (31.15 % of the of the shares and votes of the Company after the
execution of the share issue). 



Helsinki March 17, 2011



AMANDA CAPITAL PLC



Janne Larma

CEO



Additional information: Janne Larma, , Tel. +358 40 500 4366





Amanda Group is a Finnish company that specializes in private equity and
alternative asset management, traditional asset management and corporate
finance advisory. The combined group offers products and solutions related to
mutual funds, private equity funds, hedge funds and discretionary asset
management for institutions, wealthy individuals and retail customers. The
combined assets managed by subsidaries Amanda Advisors and eQ Asset Management
is approximately 3.7 billion euros. Assets under management is a combination of
investments in over 190 private equity funds managed by Amanda Advisors as well
as 22 mutual funds and customer mandates managed by eQ Asset Management. In
addition, services offered by the Group include mergers & acquisitions advisory
as well as real estate transaction advisory through Advium Corporate Finance
Ltd. 

More information on Amanda Group is available on websites www.amandacapital.fi,
www.eqvarainhoito.fi and www.advium.fi.